Improvement in fishing-torches



tube into the can, thence up through to the outside,

` torch F, is then saturated therewith, by simply pulls ii @tin tait a gste-ut. l

GEORGE HANE'L-INE,OF'AKRON,OH1O.'

Leners raam No'. 89,309,- dated Agn-iz 27, 1869.

no Schedule referred to in these netten Patent and making part of the lame.

To all whom it ma/y concern Be it known tIat I, GEORGE HANELINE, of Akron,-

in the county of Summit, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish' ing-Torch; and I do hereby declare -that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speeication, lin which-4 Figure l'is a side view of the torch.

Figure 2, a view ofthe top.

Figure 3, a detached section.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in th several views presented.

This invention has for its object the production of a light, by the use of oil supplied continuously to a ballv of cotton or other. similar material, whereby a bright and glowing light is produced, for the purpose of shing at night.

A, iig. 1, represents an oil-can, and

B the mouth whereby the can is filled.

O is the spout, consisting of a long, slender tube D, a det-ached view of which is shown in fig. 3. A

The outer end of said tube is reduced t o a very ne opening, which is closed upon the inside by an enlargement of the rod E', said enlargement being shown at a, iig. 3, which is sovshaped asto fit the end of the tube.

Said rod, .as will be observed, extends through the as shown in g. l.

F is a ball of cotton or other similar material, se-l cured in a jack,G, supported upon the end of the rod H, said rod being secured to the standard I', whereby the can is upheld and the apparatus attached to the boat in which it is used.

J is a reflector, whereby the light is thrown back upon the torch, thereby increasing its light.

Between the reflector and can is interposed acertain quantity of cotton, K, the purpose of which will presently be shown.

The practical operation of this torch is as follows:

The apparatus is secured to the bow of the boat by means of the standard referred to.

The can, on being illed with oil, the cotton ball or in gupon the end of the rod it, by taking hold of the upper endE;

This will lcause the enlargementof the other endto move back, opening th tube, allowing the oil to dow out upon the cotton, which is then ignited, and the oil continuously supplied toit, by thus withdrawing the Istopple `a,rthe supply being more or less, as thev Adistance may be that the stopple is'drawn back.

In consequence of the smallness of the opening at the end of the spout, the flame cannot pass therein, whereas the oil" can freely flow therefrom, thereby rendering the oil safe from explosion. p

The spout, or tube D, beingmade of metal, it necessarily becomes heated, but which, however, is not cornmunicatedtothe can, as the tube is kept cool by the 'use of water, it being occasionally thrown upon the cotton K, surrounding the tube, as above described,

' thereby'keping it cool and free from the danger of explosion, as aforesaid'. y

The reflector not only reflects the light back upon the torch, but iti also serves as a shield for protecting the can from the heat, thereby adding to the greater safety of the apparatus.

A-torch thus constructed `saves much time, labor, and expense in providing a light for nightshing, as those in ordinary use are made of bark or other suitable material, placed in a jack, and 'therein burned, which is not onlyexpensive, .but requires to be frequently replenished, in order to keep it'burning.

With. this apparatus any degree of' light necessary for the purpose can be obtained, by simply graduating .the supply of oil to the burning cotton, and which will be steady and uniform so long as the oil is' supplied to the torch, hence requiring but little care and attention tokeep it in full glow.`

What I claim'as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s'

The herein-described fishing-torch, consisting'of theA oil-can A, tube l), rod E', and torch F, when constructedand arranged in relation to each other in the manner substantially as described, and for the purp'ose specified.

Witnesses GEORGE HAN ELIN E.

A. M. HU'roHIsoN, GEORGE H. Simens. 

